Biography

From British Columbia (Canada), bass Randall Jakobsh pursued his vocal studies at the
Juilliard School in New York and at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.He has established an international reputation appearing in important engagements with major opera companies in
Europe, South America, Canada and the United States. His roles encompass a broad spectrum, from the bass repertoire with Sarastro, Osmin, Fasolt, Fafner Hunding, Philip II, Zaccaria, Gremin and
Pimen, to Nick Shadow, Don Giovanni, Figaro and Scarpia in the bass-baritone repertoire.

A member of the Canadian Opera studio, he took part in several international young artist
programs including Santa Fe, Tanglewood, Academy of the West, the Banff Centre, the Aldeburgh Festival and sang Lord Sydney as a young artist in Viaggio a Reims at the Wolftrap Opera.

Mr Jakobsh made his Salzburg debut under the baton of Kent Nagano as Pharnaces in a
Christine Mielitz production of Zemlinsky's König Kandaules, a role he reprised at the Opéra National de Lorraine - Nancy, at the Festival de Musica de Gran Canarias, in Liege and at
Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires.

He debuted at Teatro Liceu in Barcelona as Le Spectre in Thomas' Hamlet
conducted by Bertrand de Billy in a production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier and returned there as L’Ombra di Nino in Rossini’s Semiramide conducted by Riccardo Frizza.He was heard as
Giorgio in I Puritani for Festival Vancouver and was in Montreal for Nilakantha in Lakmé. Also on his schedule were performances in Nancy, Luxembourg as well as in Lille of Weill’s
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Trinity Moses). For Vancouver Opera he sang Mustafa in L’Italiana in Algeri and was in Caen and Toulon for Britten’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.The tall, imposing bass appeared as Alidoro in La Cenerentola with Washington Opera again in a production by Moshe Leiser /Patrice Caurier and conducted by
Riccardo Frizza and has also been heard with the Baltimore Opera as Escamillo in Carmen. In Canada, he has appeared with l’Opéra de Montréal as Sarastro and Kaspar in Der Freischütz for the
Vancouver Opera in association with Festival Vancouver.

Fluent in German and English, he has been engaged by the opera houses of Köln,
Hamburg, Kassel, Kiel, Bielefeld, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and was in a 'Fest Engagement' at the Niedersächsische Staatsoper Hannover in roles including Fasolt,Fafner and Hunding in Wagner's Ring
Cycle,Nick Shadow in the Rake's Progress, Figaro in Le nozze di figaro, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sarastro in Die Zauberfloete, Colline in La Bohème, Pimen in Boris Godunov,
Zaccaria in Nabucco and Philip II in Don Carlo. For Opéra de Tours he was heard as the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo and has sung Daland in Der fliegende Holländer in Santiago de Chile. His
operatic repertoire scores of the 20thcentury: Pelléas et Mélisande (Arkel),Griechische Passion by Martinu(Fotis) Lulu (Athlete, Tamer), Billy Budd (Claggart), The Rake’s Progress (Nick
Shadow).

In Aachen, Germany, he sang Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Arkel in Pelleas et
Mélisande and Gremin in Eugene Onegin ,Kotchubei in Mazeppa and the title role in Don Giovanni conducted by Marcus Bosch.He appeared at the Opernfestspiele Heidenheim as Scarpia in Tosca also
conducted by Marcus Bosch and reprised the role of Sarastro at the Opéra de Rouen – Haute Normandie (production of William Kentridge) and then appeared at the Opéra National de Lorraine –
Nancy for the European premiere of Mieczyslaw Weinberg's The Portrait.﻿

﻿Roles at the Staatstheater Nürnberg included Pogner in Die Meistersinger von
Nürnberg, König Marke in Tristan und Isolde, Ramfis in Aida , the title role in Don Giovanni, Escamillo in Carmen and the title role in Der Fliegende Holländer.Additionally he participated in a staged version of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and reprised the role of Sparafucile in Rigoletto at the Saarländisches Staatstheater
Saarbrücken.﻿

Upcoming roles this season for Randall include, Wotan in Das Rheingold, Hunding in Die Walküre, Waldner in Arabella and Rene in Les Huguenots at the
Staatstheater Nürnberg, as well as Escamillo for the Savonlinna Festival conducted by Philippe Auguin.

Biografie

Randall Jakobsh wurde in Alberta, Canada geboren. Der Deutschkanadier absolvierte seine Gesangsausbildung an der University of Calgary, University of Toronto ,an der Juilliard
School in New York und an der Academy of Vocal Arts Philadelphia.